Being A Missionary Is the Best

Hi all,

What a week! There is so much that happened but the most important thing is that one of our investigators was baptised on Saturday! :) She was glowing! It was such a special thing and I will never forget how tender it was. She is a wonderful person that will continue to do so much good in the world. It was so special to be there as she made a promise to Heavenly Father that she would strive to keep his commandments for the rest of her life!  It was so wonderful and I feel so blessed to have been a small part of her journey. It was so crazy because about 60 people showed up to the Baptism and so we had to move it all to the chapel. Earlier that day we went to pick up the baptismal clothing and no one was home and the clothes were not outside the front door in a box like they were supposed to be. We hopped back in the car and started calling everyone we could think of as we drove to the Stake Center to fill up the Baptismal Font. The baptism was supposed to start at noon and at 12:10 we still didn't have any clothes except for some white pants we found in the closet. We ended up getting it all sorted out but it was a wild adventure. The interesting thing is that we were calm throughout most of it and we just did what we could with a prayer in our hearts. It worked out exactly as it needed to and it was such a special experience. As missionaries we get to share a message. We showed the Mormon Message of Elder Holland testifying of the Book of Mormon and then we got to follow his testimony of it with our own. It is in moments like that when I realize how blessed I am to know that Jesus Christ is the savior of the world, that he loving sacrificed his life so that I could returning and live with my Heavenly Father again with my family, and that Christ restored his church in fullness through the prophet Joseph Smith. I know that I am a small part of God's Work and His Glory, to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man. I am so blessed to be here serving the Lord. I have fallen in love with the scriptures and am truly learning to put the savior at the center of my life. I love being able to teach people eternal truths that help them draw closer the the Savior and to our Heavenly Father. Being a missionary is the best!

My companions are the best! We each bring something unique to the work here in Green Valley and I love that we all want to be better missionaries. It is so nice to be able to work together as a team towards a goal. I love it! They tell me that I'm the comic relief when things get stressful which makes me so happy. :) They are great missionaries that really want to serve the Lord. We've learned a lot together and hopefully we'll get to stay together for at least one more transfer (or 6 weeks.) We find out next Tuesday and then we'll make any changes next Wednesday. Yikes!

Well, I hope that all is well for everyone that reads this! I'll work on taking notes throughout the week of things to share in my posts because I can never remember on Tuesday.